Road Cycling by the numbers

(BEIJING, August 7) -- A preview of the Road Cycling competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games based on historic facts and figures.

1984 - Year in which the first Olympic Women's Road Race was held.

1912 - Year in which the first Olympic Road Race was held.

245.4 - Total distance in kilometers of the 2008 Olympic Men's Road Race.

197 - Height in centimeters of Johan Vansummeren (BEL), the tallest rider at Beijing 2008.

155 - Height in centimeters of Oki Miho (JPN), the shortest rider at Beijing 2008.

126.4 - Total distance in kilometers of the 2008 Olympic Women's Road Race.

49 - Age of Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA), the oldest participant in the Men's and Women's competition.

78.8 - Distance in kilometers covered during the Road Race through the city of Beijing before arriving at the recurring lap.

23.8 - Distance in kilometers of the lap at the Beijing 2008 Road Race course.

18 - Total medals won by France, the most by any country in the Men's and Women's competition.

17 - Number of Olympic Road Races held in the Men's competition.

10 - Total medals won by Great Britain, the most by any country without ever winning a single Gold medal.

9 - Gold medals won by Italy in Road Cycling, the most by any country in the Men's and Women's competition.

7 - Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA) will participate in the Olympic Games for the seventh time.

5 - Gold medals won by Italy at the Men's Road Race, the most by any country.

4 - Events that historically have been included in the Road Cycling competition. They are the Road Race, Individual Time Trial, Team Time Trial and Team Road Race.

3 - Gold medals won by Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED), the most by any rider in the Men's and Women's competition.

2 - Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli and Monique Knol (NED) are the only riders to have won multiple Olympic medals in both the Men's and Women's Road Race.

1 - Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) won two career medals at the Individual Time Trial, making him the only male rider with multiple Olympic medals in individual events.

0 - Number of men winning multiple medals at the Olympic Road Race.